* Posts by BebopWeBop

2862 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Dec 2015

GlaxoSmithKline ditches IR35 contractors: Go PAYE or go home

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You said it!

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Is there anything else they are capble of 'getting done'?

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Contractor organisations are insisting the Tory government sticks to promises to revisit IR35 reforms

Ho Ho Ho (season appropriate), if by any sparrow farts chance of them following an election pledge, revisited can be ticked off by looking at the front page of the regs and throwing them in the out tray marked "NO FURTHER ATTENTION".

Ever wonder how hackers could possibly pwn power plants? Here are 54 Siemens bugs that could explain things

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Re: 54 security bugs?

Yes

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Re: Asking the obvious question...

Hope might be the only option given the 'security' measures employed by many of these sites.

Attention! Very important science: Tapping a can of fizzy beer does... absolutely nothing

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Re: I raise you...

But not on fizzy sweet drinks!

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Re: So many flaws

I am afraid my (ahem) extensive testing over the years has confirmed what these researchers have demonstrated, although, with one caveat, it seems to get better, or at least less noticeable the more beer I drink.

Revealed: NHS England bosses meet with tech and pharmaceutical giants to discuss price list of millions of Brits' medical data

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Re: NHS ...... ENGLAND?????

There is a concern in Scotland that Johnson et al are determined to claw back much of Hollyrood's powers - and I assume the same concern will be shared by the Welsh Assembly.

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Re: Once again. It is not *their* data to sell.

When in doubt "think of the children" seems to be a favourite ploy. Patel is using that in her bid to demolish end to end encryption.

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Re: List of adherents, as in names, probably not.

You may well be able to get a good prediction based on analysis of the "anonymised data" <cough>

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Re: Dido Harding...

Regrettably no, but as some wag pointed out many years ago, the scum always rises to the top.

Tesla has a smashing weekend: Model 3 on Autopilot whacks cop cars, Elon's Cybertruck demolishes part of LA

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Happy

Small correction - hitting the driver/passengers faces?

We're not trying to be rude here but... there's an ice giant stripping down, emitting gas as it orbits a hot white dwarf

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I'll be enjoying my dinner there at the same time. My penny has been invested.

Brian Eno's latest composition: A giant Christmas card with Julian Assange on it

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He might have thought about contributing Cage's 4′33″ in that case.

We've found it... the last shred of human decency in an IT director – all for a poxy Unix engineer

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Re: Champagne

My hat goes off to you, I always find it difficult to wield a cutlass while in bed and my missus gets nervous if I suggest it

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Re: And that ladies & gentlemen

That is what you are meant to be doing - after all you get the big bucks (as o one of my very decent managers sadi in the long lost past when HP was a decent company)

Oracle finally responds to wage discrimination claims… by suing US Department of Labor

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Re: And to think...

The Sioux used to be geographically limited!

Bose customers beg for firmware ceasefire after headphones fall victim to another crap update

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Re: Well...

Not really - I just don't like the wires.

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Could well be - but if you insist on improving them, then get it right!

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Re: thank god.....

Well all of the evidence on gearing loss does support my contention. You might have noties that live concerts have a different vibe from sitting ion in front of your speakers or listening through headphones, including faults and distortion, not to mention an audience and neighbours. You are not comparing like with like - two recordings on different playback equipment and participation - which explains my love for my (old and when new, expensive turntable). I enjoy the turntable, but I am not fooling myself - at least conciously.

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Re: Well...

But my iPhone only has Bluetooth and no headphone jack (not that I miss them, unessecary headphone are a pain, even if I appreciate many want a wired connection - but my Sony's work perfectly well)

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Re: thank god.....

Many (certainly most) people with money - the over 40s really don't have the ears to distinguish unless the sound is distorted enough to make it obvious. Eyes however are better at distinguishing and brand with perceived value/cost makes more of a difference. Having said that I do love my turntable :-)

It woz The Reg wot won it! Big Blue iron relics make it back to Blighty

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Re: Congrats!

I am given to understand that a bit of pr0n does help though

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Re: Big Ideas!

Snap - the PSU ws always a little dody, but it boots, even runs a game I wrote many many many years ago at 6th form (the miracles was that the floppy was still readable AND I still had it)

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Re: Wu Hu

It demonstrates the qualities of beer and good german sausages :-)

Second time lucky: Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation

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For you doenvoters - heres the precedent - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/23/is-the-uk-governments-stance-on-the-death-penalty-shifting

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No that is incorrect. They have already waive the no death penalty restriction.

UK public sector IT chiefs shrug off breach threats: The data we hold isn't that important

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Re: Head in the cloud(s)

Cuddly (imho) but ineffectual. A polar opposite of many managers.

Brexit bad boy Arron Banks' Twitter account hacked: Private messages put online

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Trollface

Frankly I suspect it will be difficult to distinguish Aaron Banks’ legitimate tweets from fake news.

Pack your bags, you're going to America, Lord Chief Justice tells accused Brit hacker

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Re: Odd thought

Nope, the UK has changed all of that. Admittedly the individuals involved (the so-called 'Beetles')are scum, but the UK waived a requirement that a death penalty was off the cards. This might be right or wrong, but the UK is abandoning that safeguard.

'Literally a paperweight': Bose users fume at firmware update that 'doesn't fix issues'

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Pirate

No updates might be the best possible option for Bose users given their record.

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Owners of the reassuringly expensive sound kit are finding that their universal remote controls no longer work and the £700 soundbar either won't connect to the TV or randomly disconnects

Nothing reassuring methinks.

Uncle Sam prepping order to extradite ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch from the UK

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Re: Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Small Minds

No verdict yet I believe. Given reporting (in the Reg and others, as well as the specialised legal press) it looked more likely than not that Lynch will not be hauled over the coals on the charges that HP levelled, and one assumes this will give him some confidence (sans a Johnson spaff up to placate the US) to put two fingers up at an extradition request.

It seems that the verdict from a number of lawyers reviewing the material and testimony (many wishing they had been lucky enough to get the briefs) that a verdict of "plagues on both your houses" would be appropriate for HP and Lynch.

Welcome to cultured meat – not pigs reading Proust but a viable alternative to slaughter

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Re: "BTW What do penguins taste like? Fishy chicken?"

I don't know my pair seem averse to approaching the oven I can testify to the fact that they frequently taste rabbit thought with the odd pheasant thrown in..

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Re: Fake Meat Meet

Of course, the problem (for you) might be that the vegans have other ideas and your venture out for a prospective dinner might end up badly for you.

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Well met will be a by profuct - old cows do not go to a retirement home

Judge shoots down Trump admin's efforts to allow folks to post shoddy 3D printer gun blueprints online

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Re: More guns = safer for everyone

Get the distilling temperatures wrong and it can be lethal - as frequently happens with bootleg spirits in India and Easter Euroe (as well as less frequently when they are imported to the west).

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Re: Why a 3D printed gun?

Anyone printing and attempting to use these is vying for a place in The Darwin Awards

I've had it with these motherflipping eggs on this motherflipping train

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Re: Legality

murder - no legal process intervened.

Facebook iOS app silently turns on your phone camera. Ah, relax – it's just a bug, lol!?

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Re: Which is it

It is a matter of balance - they decided they needed one to balance the VP of corruption,

Uber CEO compares pedestrian death to murder of Saudi journalist, saying all should be forgiven

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Re: So the interview combined two old dictums

So the interview combined two old dicktums

TFTFY

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Re: Everyone likes to hate on Uber

They did once - but investors are getting wise, just leaving some poor deluded individuals holding the can.

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Re: He then argued that everyone should be forgiven.

Many companies start off on one track, but having developed a particular expertise (Occado anyone) shft their business model if they don't spin it off.

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Re: He then argued that everyone should be forgiven.

Curious, I looked it up - apparently it is April 1!

Gas-guzzling Americans continue to shun electric vehicles as sales fail to bother US car market

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Re: A little education is needed

I was under the impression that CARB only related to tucks and did not restrict a Californian built vehicle from being sold out of state? Perhaps you could point me to a source of other information?

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Re: Electricity in the USA

But the perception of the cutely labelled 'range anxiety' plays a large part in people decisions - even in the UK. I certainly get asked about how worried I am of running out of power as one of the first questions (if anyone is interested enough to comment. At abiut 300miles per fulk charge it has never concerned me.

Any promises to extend rights of self-employed might win an election, hint Brit freelancer orgs

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Re: IR35

Quite. I have been, relatively frequently, but these are extremely short term (1 day - 14 days) and by no means regular (I wish)

BT launches all-singing converged 5G product for... oof... £58 a month

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Re: I’ll believe it when I see it.

True - to some extent. They also wanted rights over the distribution of a lot of online media (think Netflix before Netflix) and the discussions were related to that as a market distortion factor - which may well have been true but then we don't have universal fibre now anyway so the marketplace has not done a great deal of good. In hindsight BTs agreement to do it (if they could be trusted) might have been a better way to wet national infrastructure into place.

Controversies aren't Boeing away for aircraft maker amid claims of faulty oxygen systems and wobbling wings

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Unhappy

I suspect Ethiopian Airmiles went down ins smoke a little while ago

NSA to Congress: Our spy programs don’t work, aren’t used, or have gone wrong – now can you permanently reauthorize them?

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Re: "Congress should be confident enough that it can approve them permanently.”"

Shurelyy the Surveillance Higherarchical Intelligence Technological Absolute Systemis Act.